News about Darren Lockyer

Kia has finally announced what its new Toyota Hilux rival will be called after using some of Australia's most loved sporting icons in a viral commercial to promote the vehicle. Among the lineup of athletes in the ad were NRL legends Darren Lockyer and Wendell Sailor, former cricketers David Boon and Steve Waugh, AFL great Buddy Franklin and tennis star Ash Barty.

The premiership-winning former Bunnies enforcer (left) remains a heralded figure at the club, and he's also excelled in his first top-flight coaching role as Souths' struggles escalate under Demetriou (right).

The Panthers are a strong favorite to win their third straight premiership since the 1980s' great Parramatta sides, and one pundit has backed them up.

Darren Lockyer, a NRL legend, has been charged with damages for reportedly breaching his obligations as the head of a mining labour-hire business he used to part-own. Lockyer breached his directors' rights to gain a benefit for another company, OKR Coal, according to a complaint brought in Brisbane's Supreme Court on May 31. Both the former Queensland and Broncos captain and OKR Coal, who OKW alleges should pay the compensation, are among seven defendants, as well as OKR Coal.

According to Josh Alston of Daily Mail Australia, the Queensland government should not erect a statue of the Matildas at the state's most prominent stadium because there are much better ways to document their achievements. He believes that presenting a monument to the team's victory and three losses in the World Cup would cast them in an unfairly negative light.

When lifting the State of Origin shield in Sydney, Queensland captain Daly Cherry-Evans has revealed that the new Rugby League Players Association (RLPA) media ban will not prevent him from giving a post-match address. After all game day fixtures, including the State of Origin match, the RLPA ban, which is a measure taken in its ongoing fight with the NRL over the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), is still in place. The Maroons have woven up the sequence, and Cherry-Evans will be escorted to the podium at Accor Stadium to receive the spoils of the series's triumph.

There was plenty of reason to celebrate in the Queensland rooms following their victory over New South Wales, and Alfie Langer showed no hesitation in taking over the event on Wednesday night. The Maroons smashed their arch rivals in emphatic fashion at Suncorp Stadium, retaining their State of Origin title while having just one game remaining.

In an attempt to identify each player's hometown postcodes (pictured left) of each player, Queensland's players will wear game day Origin jerseys without the regular XXX logo once more. On Wednesday, the Blues are marginal favourites in a kick-off in Adelaide, with the Blacks marginally preferred.

In the Suncorp Stadium crowd that contributed to his match-winning performance in a stunning 28-26 victory over his former team Gold Coast, Dolphins prop Jarrod Wallace received cryptic hand signals from his father Craig. Wallace made 181 million in 20 ferocious charges, made a bid, scored one, and launched a slew of attacking moves during his incisive comeo No.6 appearances, but not often that a prop would spark a revival from a 26-0 deficit. Wallace flopped into a playmaking role during Sunday's triumph and set up a play for Mark Nicholls with a slick ball his childhood hero Darren Lockyer would have adored.

Although the official NRL season launch in Sydney was postponed due to ongoing collective bargaining talks, the Channel Nine season launch in Brisbane brought out some of the game's most popular names to shine. The likes of Darren Lockyer, Billy Slater, and even Wally Lewis, the newly retired Channel Nine personality and rugby league legend, were at the festival overlooking the Brisbane River to promote the 2023 season. MC James Bracey said he shared the same plane with Thurston as the event, and the former Cowboys, Queensland, and Australian champion had not stopped groping since.

Former NRL star Carl Webb returned to his old club the Brisbane Broncos recently to help inspire and motivate the current players as he fights his own personal battle against MND which has no known cure

Dylan Edwards, a Dally M medalist and Clive Churchill medalist, has been left out of Australia's Rugby League World Cup team. Edwards was seen as a potential late starter for the Kangaroos squad after his dramatic success in Penrith's Grand Final win on Sunday. However, his stellar showing at Accor Stadium against Parramatta wasn't enough to persuade coach Mal Meninga and national selectors Laurie Daley and Darren Lockyer that he deserved a World Cup spot.

It was the biggest convocation in State of Origins history, and Paul Green was in it up to his eyeballs. Since coach Wayne Bennett secretly flew long-back Allan Langer back from the United Kingdom to inspire the Maroons in Game III of the 2001 Origin series, it has always been remembered as 'Alfie's comeback.' Paul Green's main role in that historic match and the subpoena surrounding it is less well known. Green, who took his own life last week, is pictured right with his family.

Paul Green (pictured left) played for rugby union for a short time, but only in rugby league will match, then in coaching. Many in rugby league circles were shocked on Thursday after his sudden death aged 49. Green's triumphs were consistent whether you're looking for the prestigious Rothmans medal in 1995 or the NRL premiership with the Cowboys.